Piano-stool



(N0 Modl.) 2 SheetsSheet 1. G. E. MARCH & HVA. WOLFE.

PIANO STOOL.

Patented Mar. 1, 1892;

wi/tvmooao (No Model.) 2 Sheets-r-Sheet 2.

G. E. MARCH 80 H. A WOLFE.

I PIANO STOOL.

No. 470,066. v Patented Mar. 1, 1892.

l vitwwoeo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. MARCH AND HENRY A. lVOLFF, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN.

PIANO-STOO L.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,066, dated March 1, 1892. Application filed June 13, 1891. Serial No. 396,157. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.- v Be it known that we, GEORGE E. MARCH and HENRY A. WOLFE, citizens of the United States, residing at Muskegon, in the county of 5 Muskegon and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Piano-Stools; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in piano-stools, the object being to simplifyv and perfect the construction of articles of this I kind, so that they may be strong and durable and may be easily made.

Theinvention therefore consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating ouriuvention, Figure l is a vertical sectional elevation of our improved piano-stool on the line o: at of Fig. Fig. 2 is aside elevation. Fig.

3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan View. Fig. 5 isa horizontal sectional plan on the line to w of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional plan on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section on the line 2 z of Fig.

3c 1. Fig. 8 is a detail elevation of one of the legs and of the strips or wedges which act in conjunction with the rings to secure the .legs in place. Fig. 9 represents in detail the wedgesor strips which are used in connection 5 with the rings to hold the legs in place. Fig. 10 is a detail section showing the inwardly rabbeted or grooved edges on the legs and the manner in which the wedges or strips act in conjunction therewith. Fig. 11 isa plan view 0 of both the rings which we employ. Fig. 12

is a vertical section of the upper ring.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout all the different figures of the drawings.

5 A A designate the legs, supports, feed, or braces of our improved piano-stool. There may be any number of these, either four, as illustrated in the example in the drawings, or more or less, as the case may be. They may be of any suitable form and out after any desired pattern or outline, and made plain, ornamental, or otherwise, as may be preferred.

B designates the screw-shaft, which is connected at its upper end to the seat. (Not shown.)

The inner upright edges of the legs A A are 'rabbeted or grooved on each side ata a, asshown in Figs. 8 and 10, so thatstrips or wedges may be inserted within the adjoining rabbets or grooves of each two adjoining legs in the manner delineated in Fig. 10, as also in the other figures of the drawings; also, the said inner edges of the legs are rounded or slightly curved at a, (see Fig. 10,) so that after all the legs have been fixed in place said curved faces a will together form a tubular vertical passage, within which screw B may play up and down. The bottom ends of the curved faces a are, as shown in Fig. Sand also in Fig. 1, made sharp or pointed at aiso that when the stool is viewed from underneath, as indicated in Fig. 4:, the edges of the several legs will come together tightly and neatly to form two joints, and thus make a neat appearance. legs have been fixed in the position indicatedthat is to say, have been located in an upright position arranged around in a series with their inner edges adjacent to each otherthen the rabbets a a will provide places for the insertion between each two of the'legs of suitably-shaped strips, which will hold the legs in place, and by acting in conjunction with horizontal rings, which we also provide, all the parts will be combined together in a strong, neat, and durable fashion. The legs A A are furthermore provided on their adjoining edges with horizontal slots out therein and designated b b. There may be two or more of these slots. They are designed to receive rings, which are placed horizontally therein. The upper slot is lettered b and the lower slot b.

O designates the upper ring, and D the lower ring. The lower ring is simplya plain circular band of metal. The upper ring 0 is provided with a central sleeve 0, which is internally screw-threaded to form a nut, which nut is engaged by the screw-stem B, and as the sleeve 0' extends upward for a little distance itaffords a strong bearing around the rod B and keeps it firm and immovable and prevents it from being deflected from its perpendicular position, keeping it rigid. The upper ring (J is also formed with a series of After the several slots or openings 0 0, within which the wedges or strips already alluded to are placed. As we have already suggested, the nut-provided ring 0 is placed within the upper slots 1) and the plain ring D is located within the lower slot 1). We preferably provide the strips or wedges which are to be inserted in the aforesaid rabbets ct a so that they will lie in pairs.

E designates the outer strip, and F theinner strip, of a pair. The lower end of the outer strip E is preferably pointed, so that after it is placed in position it will embellish the appearance of the device, and for the same reason its outer face is slightly curved, as will be readily seen from an inspection of Fig. 2 or 5. Hence after all the strips E have been placed in position the central portion of the device will have the appearance of being pointed and of having the legs con-- nected to said pointed part. Thus it will be understood that one of the strips E and one of the strips F are located in each two adjacent rabbets a a. (See Figs. 5, 7, and 10'.) Said strips also pass through the plain ring D and the slots 0 in the upper ring 0. Although we preferably provide these wedgestrips in pairs, yet it will be evident that we may have the strips made of proper size and thickness, so that there will be only one of themlocated between each two adjacent edges of the legs.

G designates a fiat cap-plate, which is securely fastened by means of screws to the upper ends of the legs A A after they have been placed in position. Said cap-plate is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It assists in holding the legs rigidly and immovably together.

The manner of assembling and arranging the several parts of our improved standard or support for piano-stools will be made evident by a few words of description. First, the feet or legs will be placed in an upright position, with the inner edges adjacent or pointing toward the center, so as to form the central cavity and the miter-joints to which we have already referred, and the rings will be placed in position within the slots cut to receive them. Then the outside set of strips or wedges E will be inserted loosely in place. After that the inside set of strips or wedges E will be glued and driven securely in between the outside strips and the inner edges of the rabbets. In this way a solid body is formed. It will be found to be rigid and immovable. It will not depend wholly upon the 5 5 glue to hold it in place; but the braces arranged in the manner described will make a strong and secure standard and one which will also be neat and tasteful in appearance.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the rabbeted legs, the horizontal rings arranged within slots in said legs, and suitable wedges located between the legs and within the rings, substantially as described.

2. In a piano-stool, the combination of the legs whose inner edges are provided with rabbets or grooves and also with ring-receiving slots, the rings adapted to be placed within said slots, and suitable wedges located within the grooves and rings, substantially as de scribed.

3. The combination of the legs having their inner edges provided with longitudinal rabbets on each side and also with horizontal slots, the rings located Within said slots, and the pairs of strips or wedges which lie within the grooves and rings, substantially as described.

4:. The combination of the legs rabbeted and slotted, as described, the plain lower ring located in the lower slot, the nut-provided and slotted upper ring located within the upper slot, the wedges lying within the rabbets and rings, as described, and the screw-shaft connected to the nut-provided ring, substantially as described.

5. In a paino-stool, the combination of the legs A, having on their inner edges the rabbets 0. a and curved face a, the rings 0 and D, located within slots in the legs, the screwshaft B, which engages a nut formed in the ring 0, and the wedging-strips E and F, 10- 5 

